Ok, I've decided to actually read the article. It's a lot better than some of his older articles in some places, but "Another insightful engineering aspect of the block, is its effective use of gravity. The block, once properly mounted, has the outlet at its base" and
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Danger Den also offers a Brass top plate for the TDX, as they did with their RBX. In the case of the RBX I chose the brass top-plate due to the mass of the block. Many believe (myself included) a copper, or brass top-plate produces better temps with larger blocks, as the metal is cooled, and maintains, or retains the temperature of the incoming water. In the case of the TDX, however; I chose the clear Lucite top. This is a compliment to the block's design, the efficiency of which removes the heated water fast enough so the metal top-plate will not impact over-all temps. The TDX arrived with its Socket-478 mounting hardware, for this test I switched to the Socket-754;
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This paragraph here is just terrible.
"I test each system without the aid of zip-ties, or clamps to ensure everything is leak-proof under the worst conditions." You know you're smart when...
He used AS5, not a great testing paste.
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The TDX cooled the A64 3400 will ease, however; in all fairness this is the first and only water-block placed on this new chip, ergo my frame of reference is somewhat limited.
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To nothing! You've compared high end watercooling with low end aircooling, and you got a predictable result... He used SETI to get a load temperature reading...
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Albeit a Cursory Review, the TDX kept thing quite cool, and has kept my A64 3400 under 40°C since its installation, even on 75F/23°C days. Here's a shot of our test platform
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Congrats?
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Offering the TDX in pure silver (~99.995%) is quite imaginative, and of course the metal is ideal due to it's high thermal conductivity as seen on the chart below
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About as imaginative as using fins...
Well, he's improved in that he is now using a +/- 1C temperature sensor, but he doesn't compare to anything beyond stock cooling, and he makes the comment that it is better than many blocks on the market today, but he offers no proof whatsoever... I was able to comprehend it, but, in my opinion, that review was QUITE useless.
How'd he get so popular?